Streusel Topped Banana Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Streusel Topping
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
7 tablespoons uncooked Quaker Oats
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup cold butter or 1/3 cup margarine, cut into pieces
Banana Bread
2 small ripe bananas, mashed (1 cup)
2 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, melted
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted (I use any nuts and don't toast them)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Combine first three ingredients for streusel topping.
Cut in butter with a pastry blender until crumbly.
Chill streusel.
Beat banana and next 3 ingredients in a large mixing bowl just until smooth.
Don't overmix.
Combine dry ingredients.
Add to banana mixture
Stir just until moistened.
Stir in pecans and vanilla.
Spoon batter into (3) (5-3/4 x 3-1/4 inch) greased disposable mini loaf pans or Can use regular size loaf pans but will only make 2.
Sprinkle each loaf evenly with streusel topping.
Bake at 350 for 35 min or until knife comes out fairly clean.
Cool in pans on wire rack 5 minute Remove and continue to cool on wire rack.
You can put back in pans for gift giving.
(I omit the step of taking out of pans and it has worked out fine).